Happy Pi Day 2019

You know you want to celebrate...

Bet you didn't know this though: Pi is represented by the lower case Greek letter, π, because it is the first letter of the Greek word περίμετρος, meaning perimeter. You pronounce it "per-REEM-eh-tos." Go here to hear it pronounced.

Some math nerds at MIT have a way to start big. HERE

Here are some other PI celebration ideas for the rest of us.

1. Curate your own Pi Playlist. Here's mine. Contents (OK you already know how old I am):

• Don McLean's American Pie
• The Four Tops' Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch (real name is I Can't Help Myself)
• The Beatles' Wild Honey Pie
• JT's Sweet Potato Pie
  also by Ray Charles Sweet Potato Pie
• Motley Crue's Slice of Your Pie
• Paul McCartney's Flaming Pie
• Bob Dylan's Country Pie
• Led Zeppelin's Custard Pie

2. Crack some PI jokes:

• 3.14% of the sailors around the world are “Pi”rates.
• Divide the circumference of the sun by its diameter and you will get a Pi in the sky.
• I tell you, do not talk to Pi. He never stops.

 3. Watch some PI movies:

• Pi (1998) directed by Darren Aronofsky
• 3.14... (2014) directed by G. Gotham Smith
  and, of course,
• Life of Pi (2012) directed by Ang Lee

4. Eat some circular PI foods:

• Pies, sweet and savoury
• Cookies
• Pizzas
• Sliced Pineapples (they've gotta be sliced to be circles!)

5. Click HERE below for a higher resolution of this Pi Day graphic to decorate your desktop for the day! 

How ever you decide to slice it, have a great day honouring how math is always looking for ways to explain nature.

The circle is just the beginning.
...
If this isn't nice, what is?
              ~ Kurt Vonnegut, of course